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= Introduction: Lesson 18 =

Teacher Modeled: Read Aloud - “Hundreds Rally at Fullerton High” (Students do not have the selection, therefore teacher’s need to make copies from the TE.) **The answer to number 1 is B**. 1. How does the author organize the information in the selection? a.) Page 1 has different information than page 2. b.) Page 1 is a summary of page 2. c.) Page 2 is a summary of page 1. 2. In paragraph 6, Principal Miller is quoted as saying that the T-shirts “were a formula for disruption”. Explain what the quote means? 3. Underline details from page 2 that give Blake Wilson’s viewpoint about the school newspaper. What is his viewpoint?

Title 1 is autobiography of author and how her writing career began at the age of 10. Title 2 is a collection of poems about poetry.

= Student Outcomes: = The following skills will be reinforced through close reading and questions: structure, viewpoint, interpreting words and phrases, summarize, character traits, dialogue, figurative language, point of view, and author’s purpose


 * =Title 1:" The Dog Newspaper"= || =Title 2: //Poetry About Poetry//= ||
 * =Questions:=
 * 1) Based on the details in the first four paragraphs on page 460, what character traits does the author possess? How does her use of dialogue reinforce these traits?
 * 2) After reading page 461, sum up what the author wanted you to know about the soldiers in World War II.
 * 3) On page 462, which phrases help the reader understand the author’s reaction to having B.J. join her family?
 * 4) How does the author use figurative language on page 463 ?
 * 5) Is this story told in the first person or third person? How do you know? || =Questions:=
 * 6) On page 468, what would motivate the author to write the poem in two languages?
 * 7) In the poem “Genius”, how can a spiral notebook tell the sister “there’s no danger of a break-in by a thief”?
 * 8) The phrase “forge ahead” is used in “Genius”, stanza 6 . What is the meaning of this phrase?
 * 9) In stanza 7 of “Genius”, what type of figurative language is used? How do you know?
 * 10) On page 470 what is the author’s purpose for ||

= Summative Questions: =

What lesson does the author learn from her writing experience?

Explain how the speaker of each poem reflects on the topic of poetry.

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